I am not on-line at home but wish to learn php. I have tried using dreamweaver to set up a dummy server but doesn't seem to work.

Has anyone used dreamweaver in this way - is there something I am doing wrong.

DanielTeam Member

Joined: 06 Jan 2002
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Posted:
Fri Mar 14, 2003 5:55 pm (15 years ago)

Dreamweaver (any version) is simply a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML page editor. It does that and nothing more. What you need is a web server installed (like Apache), and PHP. Amadeus' tutorial explains all this, at http://www.4webhelp.net/tutorials/cgi/local.php

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drathbunWebHelper

Joined: 01 Mar 2003
Posts: 69
Location: Texas

Posted:
Fri Mar 14, 2003 6:40 pm (15 years ago)

Set up a linux server. You'll get apache, MySQL, and PHP is most standard linux distributions. I'm running mine on an old 200MHz box. Really. So you don't need much of an investment.

Best case would be to set up a small network, with any old box running linux as your server, then you can still use Dreamweaver, or whatever other software that you have, to develop the front-end web pages.

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